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Meaningful Life
“Lama Zopa: Your life has great meaning when you use this life to practice compassion.” – From Ven. Roger Kunsang’s Twitter page, posted on November 28, 2013 Ven. Roger Kunsang, Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s assistant and CEO of FPMT Inc., shares ... Read more »
World Peace
“Lama Zopa: World peace depends on how much one can practice compassion.” – From Ven. Roger Kunsang’s Twitter page, posted on November 28, 2013 Ven. Roger Kunsang, Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s assistant and CEO of FPMT Inc., shares Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s ... Read more »
Instruction on Offerings to Stupas
Lama Zopa Rinpoche translated Padmasambhava’s Instruction on Offerings to Stupas, which details the benefits of prostrating to, making offering, circumambulating , and offering service to stupas. Translations Available: Italian Version, One of Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s Vast Visions for FPMT is ... Read more »
Hundreds of Worms Liberated Every Week at Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s Aptos House
Lama Zopa Rinpoche has requested the Sangha at his residences to offer the practice of animal liberation every week dedicated to anyone who is sick or having life obstacles. Extensive prayers are made for the long life of His Holiness ... Read more »
2014 Liberation Calendar
As 2013 enters its final months, the time is arriving to begin planning for 2014. Since 1999, the Liberation Prison Project has produced the Liberation Calendar, a Tibetan lunar calendar which includes dates and information about more than thirty kinds ... Read more »
End of the Year at the Garden of Enlightenment
By Garrey Foulkes In late October, Garrey Foulkes, arts manager of Chenrezig Institute, shared with Mandala an update about the three projects he manages – the Garden of Enlightenment, the Chenrezig Institute Art Studio and the Enlightenment Project for Purification ... Read more »
Home in the Himalayas
FPMT Spiritual Director Lama Zopa Rinpoche recently returned to Kopan Monastery in Nepal, the country of his birth. Rinpoche comes from the Solu Khumbu region of Nepal. He was born not far from where his previous incarnation, Lama Kunsang Yeshe, ... Read more »
Lama Zopa Rinpoche Offers Unending Butter Lamp to Chenrezig
In July 2013 Lama Zopa Rinpoche engaged in retreat with Khadro-la and Tsenshap Serkong Rinpoche in the valley of Lahual, India, which is known by meditators as Garsha Khandroling, “Land of the Dakinis.” The retreat took place in one of ... Read more »
Traveling with Rinpoche
“The night before departure to Nepal, Lama Zopa Rinpoche is searching through his texts to make sure all is there,” said Ven. Roger Kunsang, Rinpoche’s assistant, describing the scene at Kachoe Dechen Ling. “These texts we have to pack, and ... Read more »
Advice for Flying from Rinpoche
A pilot once asked to have his photo taken with Lama Zopa Rinpoche. “I began to think about what [the pilot] could do for safety as he flies the plane, not only for his own safety but for the safety ... Read more »
What We Did on World Animal Day 2013
From Phil Hunt and Tania Duratovic, project coordinators and founders of Enlightenment for the Dear Animals and coordinators of the Animal Liberation Sanctuary in Nepal: World Animal Day was celebrated across the globe on October 4, 2013. At Chandrakirti Meditation ... Read more »